Plotting a course by the Gas Giant's SunOutdated star-charts, provisions and gunsLocked in the Library Data by nightApproaching jump-3 second engines igniteBlinded and firing in uncharted spaceQuerion subsector star-maps erasedEnter the mining belt's vagabond tradeCoreward to Spinward both navies invadeScattered directional asteroids flyShattering meteors, war-heads collideSandcasters broken, shields won't sustainWaking on impact, a cold desert plane
